Paloma Creek EXPO
Spring referrrals are now being accepted!
To refer your child to be tested for the EXPO program, please click on the referral link to fill out the short referral form.
EXPO Mission Statement
DISD Gifted and Talented program provides students who possess exceptional gifts and talents the direction, time, encouragement, and resources to maximize their potential through a quality environment of advanced and complex curriculum above and beyond the regular classroom while ensuring intellectual integrity and dedication to community, family and learning.
What does it mean to be gifted?
"Gifted and talented student" means a child or youth who performs at or shows the potential for performing at a remarkably high level of accomplishment when compared to others of the same age, experience, or environment and who exhibits high performance capability in an intellectual, creative, or artistic area, possesses an unusual capacity for leadership, or excels in a specific academic field. (Education Code 29.121)
Gifted students require educational experiences beyond those normally provided by the regular school program. Students shall be identified through the use of multiple criteria as specified by the Denton Independent School District. The district recognizes that students identified as gifted and talented can come from all races, socioeconomic groups, geographical locales, and environments.
EXPO Goals:
The EXPO Program will provide space, time, encouragement, and opportunities for gifted students to explore areas of their own interest and ability. Specifically, these students will:
1. utilize higher, more complex-level thinking skills to develop intellectual curiosity in critical, creative, and productive thinking.
2. develop the research skills and personal study skills necessary for self-directed learning. They will conduct independent studies and research projects that extend the regular curriculum and result in the synthesis of elaborate products.
3. understand and apply the problem-solving process in a cooperative group setting through analysis and evaluation of real life situations.
4. use listening, speaking, and written communication through scholarly behaviors in order to integrate and extend skills in their regular classrooms.
5. gain an understanding and respect of individual abilities and effective leadership skills with peers, recognizing the likenesses and differences between themselves and others, while developing their own unique abilities.